Christmas Eve
Light is rushing in on darkness. And it will bring to light great darkness. We are about to step into Christmastide, a bloody twelve days in which the Calendar observes Stephen, the first martyr of the Church (December 26); the Holy Innocents, those boys of two years and under murdered by Herod’s soldiers in Bethlehem (December 28); and Thomas Becket, murdered Archbishop of Canterbury (December 29).
Christ’s coming is Good News; but it is not always, and never only, good news. And if we are to make room for his coming into our world, we shall need to count the cost...
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